The royal wedding just successfully grabbed our attention to witness Prince William and Kate Middleton took their marriage vow. My brother also just got married with her girlfriend last month before the Will and Kate. And today I just attended my ex-classmate wedding! Yes, day after day, people get married!

I was safe from any invasion of question related marriage when The Royal wedding was riddled the TV and newspaper. But guess what happened in the other two weddings? Yap…people now start questioning when my turn is! I smirked :)

I didn’t really know how to react upon the question. Well, I am still 23 years old and I frankly speaking I have never thought to get married on my age now. Moreover, I am still studying and have no job. But a friend asked me seriously today when I’m going to get married. Promptly I said, “I think when I am 30 years old or more.” My answer was rather surprising for him as he thought 30’s was quite late to have family. But for me that’s still okey.

My conversation with him reminded me with some of my friends whom I asked the question. My ex-boss in Semarang told me that marriage will be in her next life. A friend from Japan and Korea had quite similar with me: they want to get married after 30 years old, but they don’t want to have children! Those are startling answer, rite? But that’s fine as it everyone’s private decision, whatever the reason!

Sometimes I imagine myself as a groom and then become a father, but not now. Yet actually I don’t really plan to get married when I am 30 years old, I just predict that on that age, my life has been settled well; working in a blue-chip company, having luxurious car & home, having much money, and I have traveled all around the world. And marriage is not a fad. It’s a game that has no final level or game over, except we pass way. My parent told me that marriage needs strong mutual commitment to live together, fidelity, sacrifice, love and care, and mutually understanding.

As I want it once in my life time, I want to live my marriage what I am a hundred percent ready! Certainly, I’m ready whenever it comes in the right time.

When someone ask you the same inquiry, what’s gonna be your reply?

By looking at the title above, you presumably assume that what I am going to write here is something ‘heavy’ or very academic matter. But I should tell you that it’s not so. Here I just wanna share my recent routine during a month: Comprehensive exam preparation.

Before graduating in my univ, every student should pass this compre exam minimal with C grade. Yet do not think that C is easily obtained. You need to extra-power to learn every night. Maybe you need to sleep while reading those tight text-books. Based on experience, on average student take this exams twice or more to pass it. Doesn’t it sound so horrible? Hihhihihihi (ketawa ala Mak Lampir)

What I am doing right now in my preparation is maybe like the others who already join this test. Every day, every hour, and every night I always strive to read the books. Sampe eneg nih baca bukunya terus!!! Even I always have a dream about compre exam. Really!!!

I always try to understand every concept in accounting, to answer the previous exam questions, and to expand my knowledge about accounting. It really makes me stressful somehow. Fortunately there is facebook that sometime I open when I lose my mood to read the books.

Yup, facebook is fairly helpful. I can sight in my status that I am stressed or overload information. Even my friend deliberately put her rote (hapalan) in her facebook status..kwkwkwkw :D (Herni kuwi!!) I don’t what what’s happening exactly; maybe it’s just kind of stressful expression upon compre exam. Hehehhe… Also in facebook, I always put comment or chat with my friend by writing “What is Auditing??” it’s classical question and classical effect of compre exam. LoL

Another routine is compre study club. I always study together with my friends (Yusna, Rendha, Herni, Chika, Mb Sandra) who will take the exam this month together with me. Exactly studying while curhat, sharing all the fears and bad imaginations. Thank to Titi for supervising me when we had dinner (dinner while cerdas cermat, hahahaha).

Now, 12 days to go. Though the exact date hasn’t announced yet, but it may be on November 20, 2009. Closer to the exam date, more nervous that I feel, and more lazy I am. Honestly, I am bored to read it all again and again every day. My brain seems very full and in a minute will explode (sedikit lebay).

And all kind of imaginations are created in my mind. I imagine Mr.HK says “no..no…it’s not the answer. Don’t make a story!!” I imagine that I will get killer examiners which are Mr. AB, Mr. SH, etc….(I hope not) but it's oke if it so as long as I pass the exam though.

Huuuuufff ampuun DJ….all fear into one!

Sumpah Pemuda

Today Indonesia commemorate The 1928 Youth Pledge day, the day where Indonesian youth before Indonesian independence gathered and declared the pledge. As stated above, the pledge stated that Indonesian youth acknowledge one motherland, one nation, and respect the language of unity, Indonesia.

I proudly say that I am really proud being an Indonesian - trillion of reasons if you want to know why. However, recently some friends of mine question my nationalism as Indonesian. They assume that I am not proud being Indonesian since I always write my facebook status in English and I also have blog with all English articles.

Here I would like to spell out that using English with nationalism is not related to each other. Nationalism cannot be seen only from one perspective. It’s not justifiable if people judge me not nationalist just because I write down my facebook status in English or just because I put English article on my blog. That’s not fair at all I bet.

I write my status in English since I also have non-Indonesian friends who are interested to comment my status and I note down my blog articles in English as I want to improve my writing skill in English. By using English in my blog, it means that I will let everybody know about my idea in my article, not only my Indonesian friends. English is global language that must be understandable for all people.

So does it matter when I write in English? Since I was elementary school at four grades, my teacher already taught me English and nowadays, I have to deal with English in my univ for whole days in my classes.

Though I use English, I still remember Bahasa Indonesia well and even can speak it well in my daily life. Though I write my status on facebook in English, yet it means “I am proud to be an Indonesian”. Though I write this article in English, yet I write more article using Bahasa Indonesia. And though I always sing English songs, but I can still sing well Indonesian anthem, Indonesia Raya. You wanna listen?

Frankly saying, I am not that proud if I can speak or write English article. I am more proud if I can speak my traditional language –Bugis and Makassar language. I am more proud to my friends who still speak Javanese in their daily life. At present, English is something usual or common. Almost all the people can understand it.

If the people still judge me so, how can they judge my teachers and lecturers who teach me English? I do hope they don’t judge them not nationalist just because they teach Indonesian youth English.

Bravo Indonesia, Bravo Indonesian Youth, and Have Youth Pledge day.

Once you’ve read the title above, you might think that I am in love to someone (though you will question, boy or girl?) LoL xD

What I am going to tell you here is my accidental love to photography. Before, I used to be captured by someone’s camera (bo’ong bangeeet!!) but now I like to snap somebody else with my mini pocket camera.

Actually I like all kinds of art; painting, song, dance, photography, etc. I bet I have art soul, flow with my blood in my body. I will not say that I am good in arts, yet I will say that I can make beautiful arts; including in photography (at least it’s good in my point of view).

The accident was begun in Sultan Palace Jogjakarta when I went there with my ex-schoolmate in Makassar. His name is Abadi Riangga. For many times I took his picture as if I were a professional photographer. Probably because he is good in modeling, so the accident happened smoothly. Also, he was quite cooperative to act as I wanted. I really felt that I am photographer though I only used my pocket camera, yet the results are not disappointed. You can judge them below:

After the accident, I myself realized that I am in love with photography. But I am not sure whether it is eternal love or just temporary love. Sometime I find myself as “hot-hot chicken shit” (panas2 tahi ayam, LoL), just like something for a while.

Now I dream of a sophisticated camera, like DSLR camera. I think it will make snapshoot better than just relay on photoshop old version. It’s a bit ashamed when I go to somewhere to take a picture and I spend much time just to have good photograph in one spot with different style to get nice angle with my pocket camera while the other people use DSLR camera. It looks excessive or lebay, doesn’t it? Occasionally, I find other people was snickering behind my back :P

However, to have DSLR camera I need to make efficiency in my monthly budget. Yet first, let’s see later whether this love will be everlasting or not.